Hi all,
My son had his 12 week injections yesterday. My partner took him in because I have a chest infection, and when they weighed our son, they said he isn't gaining weight like he should he. He has gone from 50th percentile to 25th and only gained 1lb since his 8 week appointment.
The HV wrote down what he should he eating every 2/3/4 hours and said if he isn't eating enough in the day then we need to wake him at night and if he doesn't gain weight like he should for his next visit then "we are going to have a problem".
We have always let our son tell us when he is full and being told to make him eat more feels like we are force feeding him. My partner said the HV was very passive aggressive about him needing to gain weight and said he felt like he was being threatened with social services if we don't force feed our son. He already wakes every 3/4 hours through the night so the only other option is making him eat more when he does feed.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this? I don't like the idea of forcing feeding him but don't want to risk them calling social services on us.